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Waste management and its influence on groundwater and soil pollution are vital concepts for our students to understand. This STEM design challenge asks students to explore landfill composition and consider ways to improve their efficiency in order to reduce human impact on the environment. This activity may help you teach the way to reduce human impact on the ecosystem, as a part of NGSS-MS-ESS3-3 or NGSS-HS-ESS3-4. Suggested time for this activity is about 3 hours, divided over multiple clas

These ten, self-grading, Google Forms quizzes on the engineering design process provide great formative assessment for any STEM, science or math class. These quizzes can easily be assigned for warm-ups or exit tickets. Each quiz can be assigned through email, a shared link, or Google Classroom and will provide instant, specific feedback for the student. For the teacher, Google Forms provide instant data to inform teaching. Each quiz has three questions about a step in the engineering design

STEM and STEAM teachers - Need some tools to help your students understand the engineering design process? These engineering design process PowerPoints are aligned with sketch notes to engage your students in the teaching process. The Google Forms allow for easy formative assessment, so that you can easily assess your student's understanding and misconceptions, allowing for you to reteach as necessary.

Sketch notes are designed to provide visual clues to engage students and help them retain learning about the engineering design process. There will be 5 different topics covered: - Engineering Design Process (an overview) - Before the Design- Problem Definition - Design Testing - Design Optimization - After the Design Each topic includes a 2-page note sheet. There are three different forms- blank, fill-in-the-blank, and complete- to allow for differentiati

Teaching STEM? Help your students understand the Engineering Design Process. These PowerPoint are designed to specifically help your students understand the engineering design process and the details they need to be successful in it. Included are 5 PowerPoints, each with 30+ slides on the topics: - Engineering Design Process - An Overview - Before the Design - Problem Definition - Design Testing - Design Optimization - After the Design Want to enhance student engagement and recall while usin